The ‘youngest’ region in the world, where the poplation is largely constituted by children.
Asia
Europe
Africa
Antartica
Percentage of people above 64 to the total population is called .
Dependency ratio
Ageing ratio
Child dependency ratio
Aged dependency ratio
Which of the following are formulated to promote large families or immigration to increase the population size?
Pro-natalist policies
Anti-natalist policies
Both of the above
None of the above
When did China introduce their Great Leap Forward programme?
1949
1950
1954
1958
Which is the country that introduced the most severe anti-natalist policy?
China
India
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Which of the following are formulated to encourage limitation of births by government?
World average for young dependent population.
25
27
30
35
What was the main reason for population explosion in the world?
Maternal mortality
Very high fertility
Lack of schoolings
Lack of poverty
Which of the following country has the lowest young dependent population?
Uganda
Japan
When was China’s third birth control programme introduced?
In 1950s
In 1960s
In 1970s
In 1980s
